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The difficulty of making decisions

blues23
Community Member

At the moment I’m really trying to justify staying in my job the hours are so bad like approximately 9 hours per week this fluctuates every fortnight and I’m basically struggling to keep bills rent ect to survive, I’ve asked my boss for more work to fill up my rosters even go work in the nursing homes or do ad hoc duties which I got no reply back from my boss , the difficulty of staying is how to justify  going to work for 3 hours , 1.5 hours ect each day and travelling 45 minutes to do said job of 3 hours or 1.6 hours, the difficulty of leaving while trying to get another job which I’ve been looking for months and no success. I kinda fell I’m stuck and my savings are running out I’ve got drs, a few specialists cause I have health problems and I can’t afford to go see them cause my wage or part of it goes on rent and food even now I’ll have to extend my gas bill cause I can’t afford to pay it this week because I only have a few 100 dollars left and i have to see a specialist this week as well which is 160$ down the drain , life is really hard right now with the lack of work hours and I can’t sleep much for thinking how will i manage to keep enough in the bank til pay day there’s no relief and no easy answer im on centerlink but even that with the little pay i get off work is constantly not enough to make ends meet. 

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50WV
Community Member

Sorry to hear it’s such a frustrating position to be in. I don’t have any answers aside from maybe try looking in a completely different industry for work. It might be a welcome change and better pay. Even if you’re not 100% qualified for a role sometimes with the right attitude you can be hired on that alone. Or you could look into returning to study perhaps? TAFE is free for a bunch of courses at the minute. There seems to be plenty of work for teacher aids and the pay is decent. Hope your day gets better and you find reason to celebrate even a minor victory soon. 

blues23
Community Member

Thanks for your reply , I’m really tr to decide what to do with my career next I’ve considered returning to tafe but unsure what to study I really am at a crossroads,